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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
THE MAINE FLOODS.
The Destruction Caused ny the Great
Floods In the Rivers OF Maine.

The Destruction Caused ny the Great
FIootIs In the Rivers OF Maine.
BANGOR, Me-, May 1.-The water hero
remains at about the same height and the
bridge piers are being slowly undermined
Last night the pres sure at the dam broke
the connecting rod of the main pumps in
the wafer works, completely disabling
them q rotary pump, Kept for emergen-
cies, is being used, but Only about one
eighth of the cIty's water supply IS avail
able, and all the elevators which have been
run by water or steam hive been shut
down The Name Central railroad Of
ficials think that they will be un3
able to start a train for ST. John
under two weeks, as the washouts at
Costigan, Kingman and Mattawaumekeag
continued to grow larger. Houses are
starting from their foundations all along
the river, and thousands OF dollars worth
Of household property have been washed
away, causing much suffering to families
along the banks. Farmers will be weeks
behind with their crops All the trestle
works supporting the railroad at StillwatersS
have been torn away and houses there havc
1oated down the river. Business is sus-
pended on the Bangor and kathadine Iron
Works road where there are many
washouts. The Piscataquis river
mas risen twenty-five feet max
ing highways impossible. The new
wooden mill dam and most of the great
Campbell dam at Hangerv1lle have been
washed away, suspending mill operations
,or long time. In this city some of thes
houses are flooded and the families have
been transferred in boats to places OF safe
ty and teachers and pupils in some schools
have had to go back and forth in boats
The wooden mills and other factories at
Hartland are flooded, and five stores there
were undermined and fell from their
foundations, causing great loss. Boats
az Gnd IN al IA az
and hardly a building has escaped
A. Linn, the great wooden mill
owner, is the heaviest loser. His damage
will be over $40, 900, it is thought, and two
months will be required to get the factory
running again. A car load OF mail matter
for provincial, Eastern Maine and Aroos-
took points, which was forwarded from
here to Portland yesterday, to go to East
port and st. John, has been returned, the
steamer refusing to take any but the most
important letter mail Storehouses for mail
sacks will be required if the blockade con-
tinues much longer. The dam on
Misery stream was carried out. The
landings are solid with ice, but if they
can get the logs in the water before it
falls in the vicinity of Moosehead lake, the
great west branch drive which Is the key
to the price of lumber all along the Atlantic
seaboard, will come down the river all
right. Great damage has been done at
Dexter to the wooden mills and operations
there viii be suspended for some time. At
Bradley this week a town meeting was
held to which voters went in boats.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
Mine DisaSter.

VICTORIA, B. c., May 5.-A Nanaimo spe-
cial SAYS: "a terrible explosion occurred
in No l shaft OF the Victoria Railroad Com
pany's mine at six o'clock last night One
hundred and fifty are believed TO be IN the
mine At midnight twelve bodies had been
recovered. Some were dead and others
seriously or fatally burned. There is little
hope of rescuing alive any OF those yet in
the mine A rescuing party went down,
but owing to the black damp were unable
to do 4ny thing. s. Hudson. one of the res
cuing party, died shortly after coming out.
The mine is now on fire. The scene around
the shaft is most heartrending. A special
train, with surgeons, has arrived from Vic
toria-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
Earthquake Panic.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, May 6.-The earth
quake shocks at Sibinal, about forty miles
south Of here, were much more severe than
here. Two tremors were felt, both in
northeast and southwest direction. Some
thing in the atmosphere added a sensa-
ton of suffocation to the feeling Of
awful suspense. This was broken
by the terrible vibrations, which
created the utmost CONSERVATION, and men,
women and children rushed precipitately
into the streets, in numerous cases only in
time TO escape with their lives from totter-
ing buildings. Sibinal is one OF the relics
OF New Mexican antiquity, and the adobe
dwellings, were so weakened by age as to
faIi an easy prey TO the earthquake.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
QUEEN KAPlOLANI.
She Visits the President and Secs the Sights
in Washington.

She Visits the President ana secs the sights
in Washington.
WASHINGTON, May 5.-Queen Kapiolani,
of the Sandwich Islands. and the Princess
Liliuakilani and the members of their suite
called at the White House yesterday and
paid their respects TO the President and
Mrs. Cleveland. The Queens party was
accompanied by Mr. Carter, the Hawaiian
Minister, Mrs Carter, S. A. Brown, of the
State Department, Captain Taylor of the
army and Lieutenant Rodgers of the navy.
They were met at the main entrance
by Secretary Bayard and Assistant
Secretary Adde and escorted to the
blue parlor, where the President and
Mrs. Cleveland awaited them. The room
had been decorated for the occasion with
palms. ferns and flowers, and the adjoining
parlors were similarly adorned. The Queen
was presented to the President and Mrs.
Cleveland by Secretary Bayard, and the
other members of the party were presented
by the Hawaiian Minister. The reception
was rather informal, no set speeches being
made, the visit, which lasted about fifteen
minutes, being devoted to general CONVEX
sation. The Queen was deliberately attlred
in a rich black satin dress, the en-
tire front of which was thIckly en-
broidered in gold. The Princess, who
is in mourning, was dressed in plain
black The gentlemen of the party wore
rich court costumes, OF which gold lace
formed a prominent feature. The repre-
sentatives of the army and navy wore full
dress uniforms and the rest wore plain
civilian dress. After the reception the
Queen and her party returned TO their hotel
and devoted the rest Of the afternoon TO re-
ceiving official callers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
ALLEGHENY THUNDERSTORM.
Terrible Hurricane in the Allegheny Noun
tains.

tains.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 5.-A terrific thun-
derstorm, accompanied by heavy hail and
wind, equal to a hurricane, passed over the
Allegheny mountains, in eastern Somerset
and western Bedford Counties, between
seven and eight o'clock last evening. A
few minutes before the storm came roar
ing like the discharge of many cannons
was heard IN the distance, and as soon as
the clouds rolled across the sky the
roaring increased. The storm struck the
mountains, moving in a northwesterly
direction and was about quarter of a mile
wide. For two miles large trees were
twisted off like straws and every thing in
its path brought to earth. In some in
stances trees were caught up and carried
several hundred feet into the air and
brought back again with swiftness that can
not be described. The lightning was fearful
and struck a barn belOn ging to a man
named Burnham, living on the mountain,
and totally demolished it, the wind carry
ing away what portions the lightning did
not destroy. The hail fell in stones as
arge as eggs and vegetation of all kinds
suffered severely. The damage to fruit
trees and timber will amount to thousands
OF dollars.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
THE LATEST


TELEGRAMs from the Pennsylvania coke
region state that j. Laughlin & Co., Stew
art Iron Company, Hogsett & Co., Percy
Mining Company and Everson & Co., have
granted the demands of the strikers and
resumed operations.
A DISPATCH from Washington of the 9th
says: The condition of Representative
Heard, of Missouri, has not improved dur
ing the past week. He is still confined to
his bed and is unable to talk.
LIE Paris states that France has concluded
a defensive alliance with certain other
powers, and that henceforth France will
not be alone in the event of aggression
against her.
IT is reported that the Car has decided
that the sentences of death pronounced
against the nihilists convicted of compile
lty in the recent attempt TO assassinate
him shall be committed to Imprisonment at
hard labor for life, in the case of all but
two.
The st. Louis Supplies Manufacturing
Company, an old and well known establish
ment, doing business on North Main street,
has made an assignment. The company
owed its directors about S130, 0O1. The total
Liabilities were $4,000.
THE steamer Adriatic arrived at New
York on the 9th. Among her passengers
were thirteen men who recently resigned
from the Irish constabulary because they
were opposed to assisting in evicting ten
ants from their farms.
THE pool which was formed by different
railroads centering in Pittsburgh, Pa, to
control the shipments of ores from the
coke parts has been dissolved The strike
IN the coke regions has caused a tot al sus-
pension of shipments of coke.
The business failures during the seven
days ended May D. numbered for the United
States. 153; for Canada, %; total, 1S2
against l91 the previous week and 1872 for
the corresponding week of last year.
THE colonial conference in London ap-
proved the proposal to lay a cable between
vancouver and Australia
THREE Mexican sheep herders were found
dead seventy-fye miles west OF Albu-
N NJ, shortly after the recent
earthquake. 1t was supposed they had
died of fright
The British ship Bancla, lis days from
Manila, arrived at New York on the 9Th
During the voyage three OF her crew died
death and Of a crew Of nineteen men only
six were barely able for duty.
OxE hundred houses were DESTROYED by
fire in the town Of Epericus, Hungary, the
other day.
EXTENSIVE fires were reported raging in
the Catssdl forests near the great Kaaters-
kill summer hotel.
THE other night freight train on the st.
Louis & Iron Mountain railroad, bound
south, was thrown from the track by a land
slide near Cliff Cave station. In one
Of the box cars were two men, John O'Mal-
ley, OF St Louis, and an unknown man.
They were buried beneath the debris and
when exhumed were dead.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
The GREAT SANTA FE.
Extensive PSoIects Of the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe.N Il =

Extensive Proiects of the Atchison, Topeka
4 Santa, Fe-A u
BosToN, May 5-The annual report OF the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad is an
unusually interesting document, cOutaiE--
ing much valuable information relative TO
proposed extensions OF the system A val
liable feature is an elaborate map, which
slows that the railway public has been
wrong in regard to some Atchison extern
sions. The Chicago, Santa Fe & California
extension, as laid out on this map, runs
almost In an air line from Kansas City
TO Fort Madison, point at the Juno
ton of the three States of Iowa. Mis-
souri, and Illinois. Crossing into Illinois,
the first important point tapped is Gales
burg. Then it runs nearly due east 10
Streator, and from Streatc- northeast. via
Joliet, TO Chicago. From Streator a branch
runs southwest to Pekin. Leaving Chicago
and passing back to Kansas, the Atchison
has laid out for itself extensive new fields
of railroad construction toward the West
and Southwest. Leaving Ness, in the
central part of Kansas, an extension is TO
be built across the prairies of Western
Kansas and Eastern Colorado for from 800
to 400 miles TO Colorado Springs. This line
parallels for some distance the Kansas
division of the Union Pacific, running be-
tween that road and the main line of the
Atchison & Pueblo. But the biggest sur
prise of all is yet to come From Kivra,
one of the termini of the South
ern Kansas, on the Indian Territory
frontier of Kansas, a line is proposed
across the Indian Territory, North
west Texas, over the Llano Estacado, and
the southwestern part of New Mexico al
most n an air line on to Ell Paso. The pros
pective line, which is at least coo miles
long, will effect a saving Of more than that
distance in passing from Missouri river
points to the Mexican frontier, and the
building of it will bring FL Paso at least
600 miles nearer the Missouri river, and Of
set the advantages of distances claimed by
the Atchison's formidable rival, the Next
can National. The CONSTRUCTION of a short
branch will thus give Arizona a new indc-
pendent line from Southern Kansas to a
connection with the Atlantic & Pacific and
another, and by all odds the shortest, trans
continental route.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
ALL DOUBTLESS PERIsHER
Little Hopes For the Rescue of Any of the
Victims of the British Columbia Coal

Little Hopes For the Rescue of Any of the
Victims of the British Columbia Coal
Mine Disaster.
NANAIMo, B. c., May 6.-Ten white men
and seven Cinnamon have been taken out
of the Vancouver coal mine, six of them
dead. There are now imprisoned in the
mine ninety white men of different nation
alities and fifty Cinnamon. 1t is feared
that all will perish of suffocation. Samuel
Hudson, who went down to rescue
friends, died from the effects of the after
damp. His brave deeds were among the
bright things in the carnival of
misery Gangs of men have
been erdeavoring to extinguish the
flames in No. 1 shaft sand these
are believed now to be under control, and
hand fire engine has been taken into the
mine where it Is fighting the fire. 1t is alb
solutely impossible to get at the imprisoned
men until the fire is suhdued, for if more
air were sent in it would force the gas into
the fire and cause a second disaster. Even
now fears are entertained that the whole
place will be blown up and old miners say
such a result is possible. All that can be
done is being done to reach the imprisoned
men. The rescuerS thought first of cutting
ditch TO salt water so as to attempt
to put out the fire in No. 2 shaft
by turning a stream Of water into
it, but the scheme was abandoned as it
would only flood the mine and would Danish
any hope of saving the lives of the men.
In the city the business houses are all
closed, the collieries are shut up, and the
entire population has gathered at the
scene of the disaster Terror stricken
wives and children, and sorrowing fathers,
hover in the vicinity and mourn their ter
rible aff1icten. 1t it almost impossible that
they can have survived. The cause of the
explosion Is unknown, but is generally sup
posed to be the explosion of coal dust.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
GENERAL,

SEVERAL of the pearl fishing boats.
thought to have been lost in the recent nur-
rlcane on Western Australia. were blown
out 10 sea and have returned.
A DISPATCH from Bordeaux. France saws.
Prince Jerome Bonaparte has had an at
tack Of apoplexy and is in a dangerous con
dition.
DR. KELLY, Mr. Parnelrs physician. who
mas been In regular attendance on the Ma
tlonallst leader, reports that Mr.. ParneI Is
suffering from bronchitis, and that he is
unable to leave Avondale. He requires rest
and quiet
MATTHEW ARNOLD favors the Irish Crimes
Dill, but admits the necessity Of remedial
legislation.
HE British steamer John Knox was lost
on Cape Race, N F. All on board about
thirty persons, were drowned. The boat
was bound from Glasgow for Quebec
The storekeeper of a large warehouse at
havana Cuba, has disappeared. He is said
TO have stolen 800, 600
THE gunpowder works at Hounslow. En-
gland, We're destroyed by an explosion the
other day. One man was killed.
THE Senate of Mexico unanimouslv passed
the bill repeating that part of the constitu-
ton prohibiting second term for a Presi-
dent 1t Will now go to the State Legisla-
lures for final ratification
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-24
DAIRYING.
The Need Of Cooling Milh.

Almost every dairyman has wholesome
dread of animal heat in milk. We have
always held that animal heat, if it were
only heat, is no different from any other
heat. AS milk is ordinarily drawn, it is af-
fected by much more than heat alone, and
in order TO be regarded as pure, needs
cooling and aerating as soon as it is drawn.
Some milk dealers practice successfully
milking into pals closed by straincr
cloths, or having straining funnel attach
mcnt to milk into SO that not only material
filth is excluded, but also the atmosphere
of the stable, always charged with bad
odors and germs of fermentation, and then
strainirg hot into bottles which are at
once closed air-ight, cooled off in ice water,
and shipped we'll cottered with ice, summer
and winter. Such milk stays sweet.
MIXED into open pals, poured leisurely
into bottles, closed alright, and allowed
to cool more or less, according to the con-
dition Of the atmosphere, whether kept at
home or shipped to the city. such milk will
surely have a close, disagreeable taste and
IL a'short time will stink. Always cool
milk down as quickly rs possible after
milking. by spring water or by ice. The
cooler you get it the better it will be and
the longer it will keep.--Amcricun Dairy
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-24
1t Wei. to Remember.

That he is rich whose income is more
than his expenses.
That idleness, loquacity, and flip
pant testing are always to be avoided.
That faith, peace, and purity Of heart
are three things most desirable to pray
for.
That there is nothing so sweet as duty
done; and nothing more bitter than
duty undone.
That there is a good deal of religion
like morning cloud; as soon as the
sun gets hot it disappears.
That by spending all your time in
studying your own affairs you will have
no time to study those of your neigh,
bors.
That there is no such thing as luck,
but there is such a thing as hard work
and knowing how to make it answer
for what others call good luck. Good
Housekeeping.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-24
The Decay of Trees.

Many trees, under certain conditions,
says a Canadian authority, rot easily,
while under other conditions they are
almost perishable. Basswocd was early
considered poor wood for f,ncing, as
itrotted so easily. Observation showed
that with the bark on it sool rotted,
but without the bark on it remained
sound. The same thing is true of elm,
but in lesser degree. Beech rots very
easily ii exposed to the clements, but
under shelter remains sound. II COW
cred by water it will remain sound for
a long time. Oak, ii exposed to the
weather. loses its sap-wood, but the
old wood remains sound for many years.
l believe all young timber should either
be put in water Immediately after it is
cut, or put under shelter, as the young
wood begins to rot very quickly ii it is
alternately wetted and dried. il fol-
lows, then, that deterioration takes
place to far greater extent than we
imagine by letting young trees lie out
i'll all weathers with their bark on, as
they cannot resist wet without having
been first dried. In my opinion all
wood should be either put into water
Immediately after being cut, or at least
when spring comes, as it is absolutely
necessary that all timbers should be
water-soaked before any attempt is
made to dry it. 1t is well-established
fact that boards dry much quicker if
the logs have previously lain in water.
Another fact worthy of record is that
water-soaked lumber is never attacked
by insects, and hence planls treated in
this way can stand for many years with
out injury.-Lumbe,'ma92 and Manu-
fncLzIvcy,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-24
EccaiAg CoscS for Milh.

A correspondent of the London .Acri-
c@H'rdl Gnsctte has had good Success in
feeding boiled grain III connection with
chopped fodder. Turnips and rutabagas
he does not like, but uses them ND to
Christmas, or before they become frosted.
After Christmas, the writer says, where
Mannolds are grown they may be used
without stint; hut it must be borne in mind
that they produce lot of poor milk,
therefore the corn should be increased.
In relation to the feeding of roots the
writer states that they have little nutriment
and should only be used in the United
States to assist digestion md as forming
succulent food, much needed in winter.
The English method of feeding cooked
food is described as follows:
We have our COWS entirely under cover
or in the yards, for the warmer they are
kept the less food they want and the more
milk they will give. We give no hay
barley and oat straw are cut into chatf
about an inch long. Then, again, we 90
little to market, but convert ell our second .
rate corn into suitable food to mix With
the chatt. Wheat Or barley is boiled-they
may be mixed or used separately, Put
five bushels to about 100 gallons of cold
water and boil till the corn will mash if
squeezed in the fingers, then spread chat
enough ;or days allowance for your COWS,
and put in the boiled corn while hot and
mix. We find five bushels sufficient each
day 1or about forty cows when roots are
plentiful; or, ii oats are used, they should
be crushed. We find these valuable TO,
milk. vi all green foods like cabbage,
through the winter"
In the United States the cooking of food
for stock is little practiced, and careful
experiments have not shown it's economy
except Tor hogs and in the case of sick
animals. But for dairy COWS the experi.
ment in England is valuable, and it mich,
be we'll to experiment. with the Cooking q,
ear corn, either by water in a large cal.
dron, or by the direct action of hot steam
in water Chicago Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-24
FRUIT CULTURE,
Incrcnsing Rnspbc,.,,, 1,o,c,,

7HtTTHSFHD 7t0%7D'TFD 77Ufr7IcS.
Red raspberries increase so rapidly
suckers that there is no difficulty in raiil
extending the plantation if they Al
promptly removed, as they should be. RI
Black Caps are only increased by Tavern
of the tips, and it requires good cultivate
and some care toward the last of the 81
son to start these tips to growing. Son
will naturally bend down and root of then
selves, but the increase may be made mpl
greater by bending the ends down to Il
ground and burying them.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-24

DAVIS left, AS 10 hen can lay an egg every
day, it is apparent that the hn that lays
200 eggs in year cannot stop to do much
work in Matching; she must not become
sick, and she cannot afford to lose any
time. If hen lays ten dozen eggs year
G2oj, she very nearly lays one every other
dav, and if she does that and raises brood
she is performing good work. For flock,
where good layers and inferior layers are
together, we should not be disappointed II
the hens averaged 100 eggs each and raised
brOOls.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-24
HOUSEKEEPING.
To Take Out ScOrch.

To take scorch out of clothes, PM th9
article whore bright sunshine Will tai! Oh
it; peel and slice two onions, extract The
juice; cut up half ounce Of fine white soap
and add to juice; two ounces of fulle:'
earth and a half pint OF vinegar; boil al
together; when cool, spread over The
scorched clothing and let remain until dIy;
then wash and boil out the articles and tue
scorch will disappear unless burne,. g
badly as to break the threads.-At'aN'i
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-24
STOCK-BREEDING
Sfrengfhenj7,O H,oo<,

strengthening Food for Goes.
81, oat, corn, and barley meal are each ona
W. Wlgs ooa tor mich cows at this season auo
W men hrst turned out to grass the bs edson
- - IMa'ery ana lnnutritious; but it is hettsr
W ~: Aae'n pick what they can than to wa;t